Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part V · Chapter 129 — Moneys Paid Into Court
§ 2041. Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases
Statutory text
All moneys paid into any court of the United States, or received by the officers thereof, in any case pending or adjudicated in such court, shall be forthwith deposited with the Treasurer of the United States or a designated depositary, in the name and to the credit of such court.
This section shall not prevent the delivery of any such money to the rightful owners upon security, according to agreement of parties, under the direction of the court.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2041
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960Pub. L. 97–258 § 2(g)(4)(C) · 96 Stat. 1061
Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 2041
Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases” for “Deposit” in section catchline
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases” for “Deposit” in section catchline.
0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 851 (R.S. § 995; May 29, 1920, ch. 214, § 1, 41 Stat. 654).
Changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted “Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases” for “Deposit” in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Registry Administration Account
Pub. L. 100–459, title IV, § 400, , 102 Stat. 2211, provided: “That any funds hereafter collected by the Judiciary as a charge for services rendered in administering accounts kept in a court’s registry shall be deposited into a separate account entitled ‘Registry Administration Account’ in the Treasury of the United States. Such funds shall remain available to the Judiciary until expended to reimburse any appropriation for the amount paid out of such appropriation for expenses of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts and Other Judicial Services and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts”.
Credits
1948–1982 · 2 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960
- 1982Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(g)(4)(C), , 96 Stat. 1061.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(g)(4)(C), , 96 Stat. 1061.)